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cancer and depression

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Posted by moira1 on 05 Jan 2011, 02:12PM

hi everyone,Well i have travelled the journey of bc since 2008, having gone through treatment and finishing it in jan 2009, i felt great, unfortunately 6 month later, i fell in a heap with depression, having spoke to my surgeon and bc nurse, they advised i go on anti depressants, my first reaction was NO WAY i'm a strong person i can get through this, they advised me to take the pills, so i gave in, in the end and took them, probably like a lot of people who felt depression was failing, I found the medication helped tremendously and got me through a sticky patch, i was on them a year a

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  • Gender:  Female
  • Marital status:  Married
  • About:  diagnosed in 2008 with breast cancer, i had a lumpectomy, chemo, radiotherapy and am now on Arimidex hormone, and Efexor

My diagnosis

  • Breast cancer experience: 
    I have been diagnosed with breast cancer
  • Diagnosis type: 
    Early Breast Cancer
  • Diagnosis date:  30/06/2008

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